Research Society of Multi-dimensional Mobile Information Network
MUMIN

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Research Society of Multidimensional Mobile Information Network (MUMIN) is one of research groups of the Engineering Science Society of IEICE. The main purpose of MUMIN is to organize International Symposium on Multi-dimensional Mobile Communications (MDMC).

• IEICE
• Engineering Science Society of IEICE

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Former and Present Chairman of MUMIN

• 1996-1997: Prof. Shoji Shinoda, Chuo University, Japan
• 1997-1998: Prof. Takeshi Hattori, Sophia University, Japan
• 1998-Present: Prof. Mitsutoshi Hatori, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

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Outline of MDMC:

Mobile information networks are called upon to be multifarious in multi-dimensions to accommodate the personalization and diversification of who (users), what (terminal equipment and multimedia), when (time), where (location and distance), and how (information quality and quantity) in information network services. Multidisciplinary and comprehensive approaches including fundamental research are required to make the future mobile information networks function effectively and, as a result, to provide satisfaction to the end users. Such approaches should be made as transmission system, network architectures and control methods, evaluation and control of teletraffic, and security among other issues. MDMC is aimed at timely dissemination of research in these areas. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• network theory and mobile communication
• network control in cellular systems
• channel assignment methods
• evaluation and control of teletraffic in cellular systems
• wireless multimedia system
• wireless access protocols
• mobile computing
• internetworking of wired and wireless networks
• mobile/wireless internet
• location-dependent applications
• wireless QoS
• virtual home environment
• mobile agents
• security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems
• multi-hop wireless networks
• ad hoc networks

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Past MDMC Conferences

• MDMC'94
  • Conference site: Niigata, Japan
  • The number of participants: 140
  • General Chairs: W. C. Y. Lee (AirTouch Communications, USA), K. Fujimoto (Niigata University, Japan)
  • TPC Chair: T. Satoh (IDO, Japan)
  • Sponsorship: IEEE VTS, IEICE, Niigata University
  • Invited talks:
    • Global Wireless Communication in the Future, W.C.Y. Lee, AirTouch Communications, USA
    • Evolution or Revolution? Future Mobile Communications, A.H. Aghvami, King's College, UK
    • Study on the Multi-media Mobile Communication, M. Kanaya, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Japan
  • Panel discussions: H. Ahava (Nokia, Finland), H. Eriksson (Ericsson, Sweden), J. Caile (Motorola, USA), Y. Furuya (NEC, Japan), T. Mizuno (KDD, Japan), N. Nakajima (NTT Mobile Communication Network, Japan), J. Russel (AT&T, USA), M. Sengoku (Niigata University, Japan)
  • The number of accepted papers: 42
• MDMC'96
  • Conference site: Seoul, Korea
  • General Chair: Hang Gu Bahk (ETRI, Korea)
  • General Co-Chairs: W. C. Y. Lee (AirTouch Communications, USA), Sang Seol Lee (Hanyang University, Korea)
  • TPC Chair: Kyung Sup Kwak (Inha University, Korea)
  • Sponsorship: KITE, ETRI, IEICE, IEEE VTS
  • The number of accepted papers: 181
• MDMC'98
  • Conference site: SRI, Menro Park, USA
  • The number of participants: 200
  • General Chair: W. C. Y. Lee (AirTouch Communications, USA)
  • General Co-Chairs: Hang Gu Bahk (ETRI, Korea), J. Uddenfeldt (Ericsson, Sweden)
  • Sponsorship: AirTouch Communications, IEEE VTS, IEICE, IEEK
  • Program
• MDMC'01
  • Conference site: Pori, Finland
  • The number of participants: 100
  • General Chair: H. Jaakkola (TUT/PSTE, Finland)
  • General Co-Chairs: J. Kuusi (Nokia, Finland), P. Kuosmanen (Elisa Communications, Finland), T. Aoyama (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Technical Program Committee Chair: H. Morikawa(University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Sponsorship: IEEE VTS, IEICE, KICS, IEEK
  • Program
• MDMC'03
  • Conference site: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • September 5-6, 2003
  • General Chair: K. Gong (Tsinghua University, China)
  • General Co-Chair: T. Aoyama (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • TPC Chair: Z. Cao (Tsinghua Univ., China)
  • TPC Co-Chair: K. Okada (Communication Research Laboratory (CRL), Japan)
  • Call for Papers

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Other Activities

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences annually plans Special Section on Multi-dimensional Mobile Information Networks.

• IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

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